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Christopher A. Klausmeier

Christopher A. Klausmeier

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
14787
World Ranking
3229
National Ranking
1140

Overview

Christopher A. Klausmeier is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their academic focus lies primarily in Environmental Science, with extensive research contributions across several interconnected subfields including Ecology, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist has contributed to an array of topics in their research, with notable emphasis on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models, and Animal Behavior and Reproduction.

Their recent publications include:

  • "From competition to facilitation and mutualism: a general theory of the niche" (2021) published in Ecological Monographs
  • "Ecological limits to evolutionary rescue" (2020) published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Climate Change-Driven Regime Shifts in a Planktonic Food Web" (2020) published in The American Naturalist
  • "A general framework for species-abundance distributions: Linking traits and dispersal to explain commonness and rarity" (2022) published in Ecology Letters
  • "The ecological causes of functional distinctiveness in communities" (2023) published in Ecology Letters

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Klausmeier's primary co-authors include Elena Litchman, Thomas Koffel, Colin T. Kremer, Jonas Wickman, and Mridul K. Thomas.

The scientist's work has appeared repeatedly in several prominent publication venues, with multiple contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The American Naturalist, Ecology Letters, Ecological Monographs, and the Journal of Theoretical Biology.

Best Publications

  • Trait-Based Community Ecology of Phytoplankton

    Elena Litchman;Christopher A. Klausmeier

  • Regular and irregular patterns in semiarid vegetation

    Christopher A. Klausmeier

  • Optimal nitrogen-to-phosphorus stoichiometry of phytoplankton

    Christopher A. Klausmeier;Elena Litchman;Elena Litchman;Tanguy Daufresne;Simon A. Levin

  • The role of functional traits and trade‐offs in structuring phytoplankton communities: scaling from cellular to ecosystem level

    Elena Litchman;Christopher A. Klausmeier;Oscar M. Schofield;Paul G. Falkowski

  • A global pattern of thermal adaptation in marine phytoplankton.

    Mridul K. Thomas;Colin T. Kremer;Christopher A. Klausmeier;Elena Litchman

  • Allometric scaling and taxonomic variation in nutrient utilization traits and maximum growth rate of phytoplankton

    Kyle F. Edwards;Mridul K. Thomas;Christopher A. Klausmeier;Elena Litchman

  • Phytoplankton growth and stoichiometry under multiple nutrient limitation

    Christopher A. Klausmeier;Elena Litchman;Simon A. Levin

  • Linking traits to species diversity and community structure in phytoplankton

    Elena Litchman;Paula de Tezanos Pinto;Christopher A. Klausmeier;Mridul K. Thomas

  • Algal games: The vertical distribution of phytoplankton in poorly mixed water columns

    Christopher A. Klausmeier;Elena Litchman

  • The evolutionary ecology of metacommunities.

    Mark C. Urban;Mathew A. Leibold;Priyanga Amarasekare;Luc De Meester

  • Eco-evolutionary responses of biodiversity to climate change

    Jon Norberg;Jon Norberg;Mark C. Urban;Mark Vellend;Christopher A. Klausmeier

  • Competition of phytoplankton under fluctuating light.

    Elena Litchman;Christopher A. Klausmeier

  • Contrasting size evolution in marine and freshwater diatoms

    E. Litchman;C. A. Klausmeier;K. Yoshiyama

  • Temperature‐nutrient interactions exacerbate sensitivity to warming in phytoplankton

    Mridul K. Thomas;María Aranguren-Gassis;María Aranguren-Gassis;Colin T. Kremer;Colin T. Kremer;Marilyn R. Gould

  • Phytoplankton growth and the interaction of light and temperature: A synthesis at the species and community level

    Kyle F. Edwards;Mridul K. Thomas;Christopher A. Klausmeier;Elena Litchman

  • Global biogeochemical impacts of phytoplankton: a trait‐based perspective

    Elena Litchman;Paula de Tezanos Pinto;Kyle F. Edwards;Christopher A. Klausmeier

  • Large-scale biodiversity patterns in freshwater phytoplankton

    Maayke Stomp;Maayke Stomp;Jef Huisman;Gary G. Mittelbach;Elena Litchman

  • Spatial heterogeneity and irreversible vegetation change in semiarid grazing systems

    Johan van de Koppel;Max Rietkerk;Frank van Langevelde;Frank van Langevelde;Lalit Kumar;Lalit Kumar

  • Functional traits explain phytoplankton community structure and seasonal dynamics in a marine ecosystem.

    Kyle F. Edwards;Elena Litchman;Christopher A. Klausmeier

  • Multi-nutrient, multi-group model of present and future oceanic phytoplankton communities

    E. Litchman;E. Litchman;C. A. Klausmeier;C. A. Klausmeier;James Miller;Oscar Schofield

  • Phytoplankton stoichiometry

    C. A. Klausmeier;E. Litchman;T. Daufresne;S. A. Levin

Frequent Co-Authors

Elena Litchman
Elena Litchman Michigan State University
Simon A. Levin
Simon A. Levin Princeton University
Mark C. Urban
Mark C. Urban University of Connecticut
Luc De Meester
Luc De Meester Freie Universität Berlin
Jon Norberg
Jon Norberg Stockholm Resilience Centre
Mathew A. Leibold
Mathew A. Leibold University of Florida
François Massol
François Massol University of Lille
Lalit Kumar
Lalit Kumar University of New England
Oscar Schofield
Oscar Schofield Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Paul G. Falkowski
Paul G. Falkowski Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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